Where does “winkel” come from?

winkel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch winkel, from Old Dutch winkel, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- — neck, cheek.

winkel (Dutch): shop; corner, as in winkelhaak

Definitions

  1. shop; corner, as in winkelhaak

Ancestry of “winkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwinkelcorner
2Old Dutchwinkel
3Proto-West Germanic*winkilsomething bent, twisted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

Words derived from “winkel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ-